Morocco's inflation, measured by the consumer price index (CPI), dropped to 5.5% year-on-year in June, from 7.1% a month earlier, the statistics agency HCP said on Friday.

Food prices, the main driver for inflation in Morocco, rose by 12.7% from a year earlier, while non-food inflation increased by 0.6%. On a month-on-month basis, the index rose by 0.9%. Core inflation, which excludes more volatile prices, stood at 5.6% year-on-year and 0.1% month-on-month. (Reporting by Ahmed Eljechtimi; Editing by Alex Richardson)